Birmingham Charity Fish Auctions

Sunday 2nd June 2019
Royal British Legion - Quinton Branch
211, Worlds End Lane, Quinton, Birmingham, B32 2RX.
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Updates can be put on several times a day just before the auction date.

Doors open 9am.
First Auction around 10.45am.
Entry is £2 per adult but children under 16 are free. All this goes to the charity pot.

This year we will have the shop open all day. This is only about 100 metres from the club.
Many people have asked to look round the place. Also we are preparing the auction for any future legislations.
We will be making a donation to the charity pot on shop sales on the day.
A list of fish kept will be put on this page nearer the day.

A lot of talk is circulating about the new (2018) legislation & it's affect on auctions. We have put all the
information HERE with what it means. If you are making over £1,000 per annum from fish sales you need to read this.
The organisers cannot check to see what individuals are making in sales throughout the year. It is your responsibility.

Local Amenities
A corner shop is situated over the road from the club.
A Toby Inn is situated a short distance away on the Hagley Road near the petrol Station where you can get full English breakfasts at £4.29 all you can eat. Also a carvery open lunchtime.
An Applegreen petrol station is open on the Hagley Road. Prices are low.

Please bring change. Pound & 50p coins help our runners.
Change a £20 note for 50p & £1 coins at the bank.
Even £5 notes are useful. It really helps.

As usual lots start at £3 & advance in 50p increments up to £10 where increments go up by £1 per bid.
We do not sell fish below £3. Try & buy a pair of fish or even a dozen eggs for this on Aquabid.
 Please contact us for disabled access.


We operate the auctions in our understanding of DEFRA's regulations. To this end viewing
racks are used where fish cannot be picked up or handled during viewing. We were the first auction to start
doing this & are pleased other auctions are now adopting the idea.
Welfare of the fish is our paramount concern.
New regulations came into force 2018. Some parts can affect auctions but basically the part which those bringing fish to
auction should bear in mind is if you sell more than £1,000 worth of fish in 12 months you need to apply for a Pet Traders License.
The organisers cannot check you sell over this limit so it is up to those bringing fish to comply.

As always we have charity donation boxes for fish & eggs to be auctioned off. 100% of proceeds to charity.
Just put a pair of fish or some Killifish eggs into the box (on the stage).

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Fill in your auction booking in forms in the comfort of your own fish house & save the hassle on the day...
Download the forms here, print out & fill in at home. Ask us for an auction letter.

Let us know what you are bringing & we can put the list together as we did in previous auctions

Fish we have been notified of listed below.
Usually most fish lists are not sent to us so this is just a small snapshot.
Most fish are added to this list a few days before the do.

Alestopetersius caudalis F1 RARE!
Alestopetersius smykali F1 – Blue Diamond tetra RARE! African
Ameca splendens
 Angelfish – Marble
Angelfish – Silver
Apistogramma macmasteri Gold
Apistogramma agassizi pair
Apistogramma cacauoides ‘Orange flash’ pairs
Apistogramma sp D10
Jordanella floridae – Wild breeding pair
Simpsonichthys constanciae – PAIRS annual Killifish!
Poptella sp – Discus characin! RARE F1 tetras
Microgeophagus ramerizi – Pairs
 Rummynose tetras
Cardinal tetras
Emperor tetras
Micky mouse Platies
Red Platies
Blue Platies
Betta coccina
Betta edithae F1
Betta falx
Betta rutilans
Hemiloricara lanceolata – Chocolate whiptail juveniles
Parosphromenus sp ‘Bintan’ F1 - RARE!
Alestopetersius caudalis F1 RARE!
Alestopetersius smykali F1 – Blue Diamond tetra RARE! African
Hyphessobrycon sp ‘Blue Ribbon’ – NEW tetra! Beautiful!!
Discus – Pigeonblood
Discus – Blue Turk
Discus – Cobalt
Yellow cobra guppies
Red Guppies
Angelfish – Marble
Angelfish – Silver
Albino Cory
Cardinal tetras
Corydoras C091
Betta edithae F1
 Blue Tetra
Brachyrhapis roseni
Chapalichthys peraticus
 Emperor tetras
 Endler - Tiger
Endler - Red Chest
Endler - Red Scarlet
Endler - Yellow Laser Tail
Endler - Silverado
Enigmatichromis lucanusi
Geophagus sveni
 Gold Tetra
Guianacara sp. Surinam red spot
 Guppy - Albino Kohaku Koi
 Guppy - Yellow Cobra
 Guppy - Red
Hemiloricara lanceolata – Chocolate whiptail juveniles
Hyphessobrycon sp ‘Blue Ribbon’ – NEW tetra! Beautiful!!
Jordanella floridae – Wild breeding pair
L183 - Starlight Plec
Limia vitata
Melanotaenia praecox
Microgeophagus ramerizi – Pairs
Nematobrycon lacortei - Wild
Parosphromenus sp ‘Bintan’ F1 - RARE!
Peacock Goby
 Platy - Mickey Mouse
 Platy - Red
Platy - Blue
Poeceilia wingei N class
Poptella sp – Discus characin! RARE F1 tetras
Roberti Tetra - Wild
Rummynose tetras
Scissortail Rasbora
Simpsonichthys constanciae – PAIRS annual Killifish!
Skiffia V188
Sundadanio axelrodi
Swordtail - Black
Xenotoca variegata

Donations boxes
Insulated boxes (with lids) are available on the stage for fish & eggs you wish to donate to charity. 100% of the money made on these items goes straight to the charities pot.

Please right click & copy / paste this flyer & advertise around.

Rules of Conduct - Within DEFRA & local Council ruling.

DEFRA ruling & local Council pressure have forced us to adopt a different style of auctioning live fish. Things are changing & the old days are gone.
Our rules are brought about by careful reasoning of the DEFRA & local Council rulings. We are trying to keep the auction legal & as stress free as possible for the fish.

Fish will be booked in in the usual way but you only need to book your fish in on one entry form. If you bring in 30 lots these will be lots X1 - X30 (for example). List all your entries on this sheet & put stickers (or permanent felt tip mark) relating to your sheet on the fish bags as normal. Then put your fish in your polystyrene boxes/insulated containers on the stage & go & have a cup of tea. Easy as that. Please write labels neatly so auctioneers can read them.
We will take a sample of lots at random to put on the display stand for viewing by all. Depending on entry numbers we will sell a rack at a session & have a short break.
The viewing stand has been designed to display fish in the least stressful manner. We would stress that bags must not be removed or detatched from it.
If you sell over £1,000 worth of fish in 12 months you need to apply for a Pet Traders License.
These are the rules. We are going to be rigid in implimenting them. Entries not meeting these criteria will have to be rejected. No exceptions. Please read CAREFULLY the following:-

#1. No entries will be accepted to auction which are in a distressed state. By this we mean fish looking sickly, showing signs of disease or rolling in the bag etc. Also applies to lots on display or in holding boxes.

#2. We have been to a few auctions in 2016 where fish such as Rift Lake Cichlids etc pairs have been bagged together. Males can & often do kill females if bagged together. ALL aggressive species whatever they are must be bagged seperately. This gets auctions a bad name & buyers get home with dead fish in bags. Please bag your fish wisely.

#3. No entries will be accepted where a fish has died in the bag in transit. This applies to fish bagged seperately & tied together as a pair/trio. Also applies to lots on display or in holding boxes. These bags will be returned to the owner for immediate re-bagging. A single surviving fish will not be auctioned !

#4. Bags should be of sufficient strength to remain inflated. No deflated bags will be auctioned. These will require re-bagging by the owner. If your bag loses air it will be returned to you for attention & not sold. It's in your interests to do the job right.

#5. Where possible bags should be double bagged with the 2nd outer bag inverted so the neck goes into the outer bag first. This 'rounds off' the corners & strengthens the bag. Single bags are OK if they are of sufficient thickness. Single bags should have the corners taped up. Fish do get trapped in these corners & this is a simple step to avoid this area of stress.

These rules are basic common sense in presenting fish to auction.
Many people would like to see open auctions shut down - don't give them an excuse in not bagging your fish up properly.